Scary Halloween Poems for Kids

A selection of very scary Halloween poems for older kids. These poems by Paul lead us into a dangerous world called the past, where everyone really believed in witches and witchcraft. The result was a sinister, scary existence, particularly around the time of Halloween.

A wonderfully evocative poem about all the scary and gruesome ingredients that make Halloween the bitter-sweet confection it is.

Style

Rhyming Poetry

Age Range

10-14

Length

8 lines

Season of Witch

When the werewolf’s howl
And vampires take to the wing
When the witches start to brew
And you hear the banshees sing
When the ghouls are on the move
And the ghosts can all be seen
Then that’s the time you know
That it’s the night of Halloween

At The Witching Hour

Discover the true significance of the traditional pumpkin lanterns that people place in the windows of their houses at Halloween.

Style

Rhyming Poetry

Age Range

10-14

Length

10 lines

Jack O’Lantern

Jack O’Lantern’s light
Gazing out into the night
In the window there
Staring out a scary stare
With your unsympathetic grin
And glowing orange skin
Are you there to keep the spirits out?
With your jagged leering mouth
Or is your gnarled and toothless grin
There to invite the evil in?

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Demons Walked the Earth

A poem about fratricide, flatulence and a ghostly presence which comes back to haunt the surviving brothers in a most unpleasant manner. Clothes pegs at the ready!

Style

Rude Rhyming Poem

Age Range

14+

Length

16 lines

Casper the Farting Ghost

This is the story of Casper Levenes,
A boy quite addicted to Heinz Spicy Beanz,
They boiled in his gut, fermented in his tum,
Then as a foul vapour they exited his bum.

His brothers said, Casper, that stench is quite vile,
Then they clubbed him with chair legs and said with great bile,
You're the smelliest human who's walked on this earth,
And really you should have been put down at birth.

As he fell to the ground he let out his last fart,
I'll never forget, in my death, your great part,
And when the church clock strikes midnight each night,
The brothers do quiver and shiver with fright.

For a stench that's quite eerie and reeks of the pit,
Pervades all their bedrooms and lounges and sh!t,
And they say to each other, that stink is the most,
It's our dead brother Casper, the flatulent ghost.

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Halloween Horrors

We've saved the darkeest and scariest Halloween poem till last. In this evocation of Halloween, ghosts and ghouls appear to be quite playfully spooky, but you definitely want to avoid an encouter with witch.

Style

Rhyming Poetry

Age Range

10-14

Length

16 lines

It Happens On The Night Of Halloween

It happens on the night
Of Halloween
When the spirits of creatures
Can pass between
And some spooky spooks
Might well be seen.
Some ghouls are good
And others are mean
Some ghosts have substance
And visibly preen
While others glow
Luminescently green
But watch out for witches
That arrive on the scene
For in the blink of an eye
They’ll whip out your spleen